Val McDermid revealed she is 'disgusted' following David Goodwillie's return to Clyde FC after his controversial Raith Rovers signing.
The award-winning creator hit out on the Raith board over the mortgage transfer for the striker.
The 32-year-old has moved again to his former crew on mortgage from the Championship membership after bosses on the membership have been compelled right into a U-turn after backlash from supporters and sponsors.
It comes after bosses on the membership have been compelled right into a U-turn following backlash from supporters and sponsors.
Goodwillie was dominated to have raped a lady six years after he was initially charged and was ordered to pay damages in a civil court docket in 2017.
Livid supporters demanded an finish to his contact at Raith.
Crime novelist and life-long Raith fan, McDermid, was a sponsor however quickly pulled her assist whereas the ladies's crew rebranded as McDermid Women and ditched the membership badge.
Goodwillie has now returned to Clyde on mortgage till the tip of the 2021/22 season.
Fuming McDermid took to social media to vent about 'mealy-mouthed stuff' from Raith chiefs.
The 66-year-old wrote on Tuesday: "Disgusted does not even start to the touch it.
"All that mealy-mouthed stuff from the board about contract-ending negotiations?
"Do Raith Rovers assume we'll all have forgotten about this by the tip of the season?"
In honour of her father, who labored as a scout for the membership, the creator sponsored the McDermid Stand at Stark's Park, the membership's floor in Kirkcaldy, Fife from 2010.
She grew to become a board member one yr later and in 2014 her web site grew to become Raith's shirt sponsor.
It comes after Nicola Sturgeon condemned Goodwillie's transfer again to Clyde FC
The First Minister additionally took to Twitter and burdened he 'can't be a sporting function mannequin'.
She wrote: "For the file, I believe that is as mistaken because the signing by Raith Rovers.
"I strongly assist rehabilitation but it surely should begin with regret.
"Somebody who has proven none for the trauma he precipitated can't be a sporting function mannequin."
Sturgeon additionally shared a publish from Rape Disaster Scotland branding the transfer as a "shameful choice".
The total assertion stated: "Footballers are function fashions; it's not okay to have somebody on this place who has been discovered by a senior decide to be a rapist.
"It is a shameful choice that sends one more clear message of disregard to survivors of rape and sexual violence."
Clyde FC confirmed Goodwillie's return to the membership in a press release on their web site.
They stated: "Following an preliminary strategy by Raith Rovers, and subsequent settlement between the 2 golf equipment, we are able to verify that David Goodwillie has returned to Broadwood on mortgage till the tip of the 2021-22 season.
"This allows David to return to first crew actions together with coaching and enjoying and, in doing so, proceed his profession in soccer on the present time."
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